Hybrid/Remote Legal Job Trends

Legal
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 72 89
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 -8
Permanent jobs citing Legal 475 706 701
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.14% 4.14% 3.43%
As % of the General category 5.12% 6.08% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 287 298 497
10th Percentile £38,900 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £44,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -3.91% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,625 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £120,000 £87,500 £86,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -1.79% -2.61%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,282 11,608 12,916
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.38% 68.14% 63.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,875 6,654 10,020
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +1.63% -1.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legal and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Legal job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Legal salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.32%) CMS
3 7 (1.47%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.63%) WordPress
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.42%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.00%) Chatbot
3 18 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.84%) Trello
6 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.63%) Notion
7 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 8 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.47%) Elite 3E
3 6 (1.26%) Shopify
4 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.63%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.21%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 72 (15.16%) Azure
2 64 (13.47%) SaaS
3 44 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (7.16%) AWS
5 22 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 20 (4.21%) GCP
7 11 (2.32%) Power Automate
8 10 (2.11%) Google Workspace
8 10 (2.11%) Serverless
9 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.47%) Boomi
9 7 (1.47%) iPaaS
9 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.47%) PaaS
9 7 (1.47%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.47%) Workato
10 6 (1.26%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.26%) IaaS
11 5 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (1.05%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.37%) Firewall
2 14 (2.95%) VPN
3 10 (2.11%) Network Security
4 7 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.63%) Internet
6 2 (0.42%) AMQP
6 2 (0.42%) Intranet
6 2 (0.42%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.21%) Broadband
7 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.21%) WAN
7 1 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.16%) Power BI
2 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
2 10 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.26%) Metadata
4 6 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.84%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.84%) Tableau
7 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.63%) Redis
7 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.21%) GIS
9 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (2.74%) JIRA
2 6 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.05%) Git
4 4 (0.84%) Selenium
5 3 (0.63%) Postman
5 3 (0.63%) SoapUI
5 3 (0.63%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.21%) JUnit
6 1 (0.21%) TestNG
General
1 203 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 159 (33.47%) Finance
3 142 (29.89%) Law
4 88 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (9.89%) Marketing
6 38 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 34 (7.16%) Retail
8 24 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.63%) Local Government
10 21 (4.42%) Fire and Rescue
11 19 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.95%) French Language
13 14 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (2.53%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.68%) Advertising
15 8 (1.68%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.26%) Multimedia
16 6 (1.26%) Spanish Language
17 5 (1.05%) Hungarian Language
Job Titles
1 78 (16.42%) Analyst
2 61 (12.84%) Senior
3 30 (6.32%) Architect
4 23 (4.84%) Business Analyst
5 22 (4.63%) Developer
5 22 (4.63%) Trainer
6 21 (4.42%) HR Advisor
6 21 (4.42%) Lead
7 19 (4.00%) Change Analyst
8 16 (3.37%) IT Manager
9 15 (3.16%) IT Analyst
10 14 (2.95%) Business Change Analyst
11 13 (2.74%) IT Support
12 11 (2.32%) Business Manager
12 11 (2.32%) Enterprise Architect
12 11 (2.32%) Product Manager
12 11 (2.32%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.11%) Coordinator
13 10 (2.11%) Technology Director
14 9 (1.89%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.42%) .NET
2 11 (2.32%) HTML
3 10 (2.11%) SOAP
4 8 (1.68%) CSS
5 6 (1.26%) React
5 6 (1.26%) REST
6 5 (1.05%) JSON
6 5 (1.05%) RESTful
6 5 (1.05%) Web Services
6 5 (1.05%) XML
7 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.84%) EDI
7 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.84%) Middleware
7 4 (0.84%) Vue
8 3 (0.63%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.63%) JWT
8 3 (0.63%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.63%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.63%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.63%) Onboarding
2 25 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (4.63%) NHS
4 17 (3.58%) Low-Code
4 17 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 13 (2.74%) Social Media
8 11 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.26%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.26%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.00%) Windows
2 7 (1.47%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.26%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.05%) Linux
4 5 (1.05%) Unix
5 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.63%) VMS
6 2 (0.42%) Android
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (24.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 112 (23.58%) Agile
3 103 (21.68%) AI
4 98 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (17.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 66 (13.89%) Project Management
7 47 (9.89%) Decision-Making
8 43 (9.05%) CRM
9 42 (8.84%) Case Management
10 40 (8.42%) Data Protection
10 40 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 38 (8.00%) Roadmaps
11 38 (8.00%) User Experience
12 37 (7.79%) Customer Experience
12 37 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
13 36 (7.58%) Information Security
13 36 (7.58%) Mentoring
14 34 (7.16%) Analytics
14 34 (7.16%) Change Management
14 34 (7.16%) Digital Innovation
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.21%) SQL
2 26 (5.47%) C#
2 26 (5.47%) Python
3 15 (3.16%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.95%) Java
5 11 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.63%) Go
7 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.42%) C++
8 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 71 (14.95%) Degree
2 14 (2.95%) CISSP
3 13 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (2.53%) CISM
4 12 (2.53%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.11%) CIPD
5 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.11%) PMP
5 10 (2.11%) Security Cleared
6 9 (1.89%) ACCA
6 9 (1.89%) CISA
7 8 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.47%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 5 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.05%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.84%) GIAC
11 4 (0.84%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (13.47%) GDPR
2 25 (5.26%) QA
3 22 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.00%) PMO
5 16 (3.37%) NIST
6 15 (3.16%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.89%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.68%) GRC
10 7 (1.47%) IFRS
11 5 (1.05%) SLA
12 4 (0.84%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.84%) PERC
13 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.63%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.42%) WCAG
15 1 (0.21%) MiFID
15 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (1.89%) Docker
2 6 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.84%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.63%) Grafana
3 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.42%) SCCM
4 2 (0.42%) Terraform
5 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 104 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.74%) Workday
3 28 (5.89%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.21%) Google
5 19 (4.00%) PayPal
6 14 (2.95%) iManage
7 12 (2.53%) SAP
8 11 (2.32%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.11%) Oracle
10 8 (1.68%) Dell
11 7 (1.47%) Epicor
11 7 (1.47%) IBM
11 7 (1.47%) Infor
11 7 (1.47%) Informatica
11 7 (1.47%) Jitterbit
11 7 (1.47%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.47%) SnapLogic
11 7 (1.47%) Software AG
11 7 (1.47%) Talend
11 7 (1.47%) TIBCO